The Great Minnesota Get-Together certainly lived up to its name this year.
On the last day of the State Fair, the sights are especially delightful, the food especially delicious.
The hardest 12 days of work happens behind the scenes at the fair. Long hours, thankless cleanup, but some of the workers see it as a vacation.
It improved over the State Fair's run, but the switch to private buses forced some users to find other options.
Yesterday's News blog
The Minnesota State Fair has featured many unusual attractions in its 150-year history: death-defying aerial acts, colliding locomotives, freak shows, live animal births, the Minnesota Iceman and premature babies in incubators. Wait … what?
With a little more luck, he could have been born at the fair -- another pregnant friend and I staggered around with our older kids in strollers last year, two days from my due date, reassuring ourselves that the folks at the Miracle of Birth barn would surely know what to do if it came down to it.
Watch a live shot from our camera at the Star Tribune booth on Carnes Avenue.
Find details of express bus service, park-and-ride locations, admission fees and hours of the Minnesota State Fair.
New fair food
Maple syrup soda and the Nacho Mama Dog are some of critic Rick Nelson's new favorite foods at this year's State Fair. Find classic favorites, too.
James Lileks' Blog O'Things: All about the fair. Read his daily updates.
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